Innisfail News

INNISFAIL - It was cold and blustery. Old Man Winter came early. But it didn't matter. Local citizens bundled up and enthusiastically took in the third annual Innisfail Scarecrow Festival during the Thanksgiving long weekend on Main Street.

INNISFAIL - A breakdown in the Innisfail Twin Arena's aging ice plant has forced the closure of the red ice surface, causing user groups to scramble to adjust their season's budgets and schedules for games, practices and tournaments.

INNISFAIL - Many small businesses across Alberta are facing challenges in these tough economic times. That isn't stopping one new business, Fit Body Boot Camp, that's set to open in Innisfail in mid-November.

INNISFAIL - The CP Holiday Train is becoming a tradition in town. For the third year in a row CP's successful Christmas season program, which was launched in 1999 and has raised more than $12 million and 3.

INNISFAIL - Providing top quality care to animals of all shapes and sizes has earned Innisfail Veterinary Services the Business of the Year Award at the 2016 Community and Business Awards Gala. “It's an honour to win.

INNISFAIL - While some companies are raising the prices of their goods or services due to the recession, increased minimum wage costs and the pending arrival the carbon tax, Derek Austin is lowering his.

BOWDEN - Mayor Robb Stuart says he's still not precisely sure how the provincial government's carbon tax will affect the town, although he's sure it will hurt financially. The carbon levy, approved in the legislature last spring, takes effect Jan.

The town is still accepting funding applications for this year's Community Grant Program. The application process has also started for the first half of 2017.

INNISFAIL – The town has lost its prince. His Royal Highness Prince Hso Khan Pha, a member of the royal family of the Shan State of Yawnghwe in Myanmar -- formerly known as Burma -- died peacefully at his Innisfail home on Oct. 2. He was 78.

Lucille Paquette-Lohmann was simply overwhelmed. But every one of the nearly 200 citizens attending the 2016 Community & Business Awards gala at the Innisfail Royal Canadian Legion on Oct.